Although we visited a bookstore, and a market we like, and picked up food at a favorite restaurant, there was one ritual stop we didn't make: we didn't stop by Derek's Dugout. Our Albuquerque baseball friend and autograph collector extraordinaire, Kris, had informed us that Derek's has closed. So it can no longer be a stop on our Duke City Roundup. This was really sad news, as we liked Derek and enjoyed his store. There won't be many sports cards shops left at all in the next few years. At all.
In a reflective mood, we leave you with a song from Michael Hearne. He has a wonderful band called South by Southwest that we've seen a couple of times and like very much. We couldn't locate a video of the band's beautiful rendition of this tune, but this solo version by Michael is fine indeed. We hope you enjoy 'New Mexico Rain.'
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6 comments:
It's really sad. I remember the day when baseball card shops were like Starbucks.
It's a shame. Ebay & online retailers are a good thing, but I will miss having a local card store if/when it closes.
no shocker there! I bust boxes of cards, then try to complete them. I"d call to see if there were any singles that could help me and the response would be that they didn't bust any boxes for singles and they only had select, non-common singles.
I wonder how long bubba's will be around. As long as people buy boxes from him, I think a long long time due to the markup.
I have owned a store since 12/11/92 and it's always interesting to have people find us and share their frustration over their favorite card stores closing. I'll ask them where they usually buy their cards and chuckle when they say online from some dumper
You're (they, not the blogger in this instance since it wasn't his local card store) not allowed to cry over shops closing when you don't ever buy from them - lol
Mike Fruitman
Mike's Stadium Sportscards
mikesss.com
Mike, most card shops we've visited have been crowded, disorganized, dusty, and had grossly overpriced inventory. They richly deserve being overthrown by reputable online dealers. Derek's was spacious, well-lit, clean, and reasonable. That's why we're sad he closed the place...it was a rarity.
Wouldn't it be funny if all of the sudden he broke into Enter Sandman by Metallica.
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